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Wow, Julie, you are amazing!!!

My son is only in 7th, but I'm going to cut and paste your post in my "great HOD posts" file for future reference, so I can read it again when he nears high school. Thank you for sharing your heart!

If he is struggling that much with dictation and he hadn't finished the spelling lists, I would drop the dictation and go back to the spelling lists. I'm not sure what Carrie recommends, but I would not move on in the spelling lists until he can get all of the words correctly for a given list. I do ...

You might find this post helpful, especially Carrie's response encouraging the OP to complete the spelling lists before starting dictation:

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My son just turned 13. We have the opposite problem ... he never feels there are enough hours in the day to do the things he wants to do. :) His interests are too many to list, but just to give you some suggestions, he enjoys music-related activities, science kits, erector or other construction sets...

I thought I'd add that it might also help to have your daughter hold the board up slightly (at a 30-45 degree angle), leaning it against the side of the table while resting the base on her abdomen. I noticed my son doing that yesterday and thought it might help in your situation.

I've taught my righties to use the white board without having their hand touch it. It took some getting used to, as well as several days of reminders, but it was worth the effort, as it is very helpful for keeping their hands clean. Often, I'll have them filling in blanks on the whiteboard and if I...

I've taught my righties to use the white board without having their hand touch it. It took some getting used to, as well as several days of reminders, but it was worth the effort, as it is very helpful for keeping their hands clean. Often, I'll have them filling in blanks on the whiteboard and if I ...

I love your honesty and I appreciate you sharing!!! I chuckled when I read your post, as I think we can all relate to those "not so wonderful" days. For us, I find there's always a learning curve to getting back to our routine. Once we're on it, things run much more smoothly, but there's definitely ...

No need to be embarrassed! We've all had areas in which we've struggled and we all have room to grow. :) One of the ways we manage screen time is we simply don't have a lot available to our children in our house. We have consciously chosen not to have any kind of gaming systems, iPads, iPhones, cabl...

The words on the spelling lists are the same in Beyond and Bigger. You would need the Bigger guide if you want to move into dictation :) I don't have my manual near me right now but I think Beyond only has one spelling list and Bigger actually has two. But again, I am not near my manual and I could...

We cover the previous passage with a folded piece of white paper.

I tell my dc they can be a witness every single day! A witness to their little brother by getting up and doing their Bible Quiet Time each morning, a witness to the elderly lady they get the door for, a witness to the waitress by being thankful for her service at a restaurant, a witness to the neig...

I asked Carrie this question a few years ago and this was her answer: ~~~~~ Re: History in Bigger is draaaaging... Postby Carrie » Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:06 pm daybreaking, This is a great question! :D You do not need to be doing the questions in the Eggleston book at the end of the readings. The follow...

Several years ago, we bought the Chemistry C1000 kit for a Christmas present for our son (before we knew HOD would be using the C500 one). He accidentally dropped the litmus solution, so I contacted Thames and Kosmos through their website. They promptly e-mailed me back and explained how to order a ...

I live in NY state, so I thought I'd pop in and add to the discussion. The regulations are worded poorly, but the bottom line is you don't need to cover United States history each year. If you look a bit further down the regulations, it states: (iii) The following courses shall be taught at least on...